Installing a Lean-to Roof on an existing Deck
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2020
- In this video i bring you along as we attempt to frame a roof on my parents deck. Thanks for watching! #Deck #DIY #leanto
Here is a link to the Q and A video for people that had questions about how we did some of the work. Thanks and hopefully this helps!
• Deck Lean-to Q and A
Blessings Travis,
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For people that had questions about how did some of the work i linked to a Q and A video in the description. Thanks for supporting the channel!
Hey man for anyone that didn't like this video darn shame for starters dad son time then you tackled something others were dodging and then you get a Heineken which I love but realized it was 0 % which I didn't even know existed lol. These are you folks ideas and anyone wanting to do anything of this sort needs to do all their research for their exact project. Blessings to you and your family keep up the good work.
That is what I need to know. From start as far as removing old post to replace new.
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I never saw your comment on the channel geekznwheelz. Thanks so much for understanding what the channel is all about. As for the beer I gave up alcohol 2 years ago is the reason I had a zero haha. Thanks for the comment and support! Take care my friend!
@@homebuilt8694I'm going to do this exact same thing to a deck that's on the back of a house. It needs a roof and enclosed a great video you made there
Thank you for this video! It is right to the point and you are correct: there are not many videos showing a lean-to deck roof. In fact, I spent much time last July (a month before your video) looking and gave up finding something to show my husband for inspiration/guidance. So, thank you again!
I appreciate you watching the video and I am looking forward to creating many more videos. I am always thinking about what i can bring to the table that is not being discussed or covered to help. Hope to see your comments in future videos. Take care!
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Thanks!
I’ve never seen a more southern thing in a UA-cam video, a beer break! I love it!
If you pause the video its actually a heineken 0.0 haha. But glad you liked it! Thanks for checking out the channel!
I agree the beer break definitely reminded me of our family projects. Love it
Amazing! You two are handsome, skilled, efficient workmen.
You are so right, information on this is hard to come by. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the kind words and glad the video could help. Hope to hear from you in the future!
Fab video! thanks for putting this together and sharing and as others have said you guys created memories in the process I am sure you will cherish for the rest of your lives.
Thank for the kind words, Glad the video helped and thanks for checking out the channel and leaving a comment! Hope to see you on future videos! Take care!
Beautiful work gentlemen! Thank you for sharing and, I am looking forward to watching the final product!
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Looks exactly like my setup. We turned ours into a screened-in porch with a galvanized tin roof. 👍
Thanks for the comment! My parents are loving it!
I for 1 appreciate you making this video. I'm about to build my deck and add a covered patio cover over the deck coming off the house. Like you said, there isn't many videos showing what you're trying to accomplish. Lots of videos, but hard to find ones that answer all your questions and concerns you have. Watching your video and reading the comments answered a lot of mine and gave me a few ideas. Think i'm going to remove the facia and attach a ledger to the rafter ends too. Like you, I understand the whole code problem. I'm not worried about that. I trust my work and if i'm ever in doubt I tend to go a little over kill for pc of mind. Taking your idea and some ideas from the comments like screwing or use some lag bolts and maybe some hangers to attach the ledger to my rafter ends. It might not be code but I will trust the end product when i'm done.
Y'all did a very fine job with this project. My porch looks similar to the one y'all have and literally I had the same idea. Until I stumbled upon your video and it changed some specs of what I've had in mind but it looks sick!💯
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Thank you for this video. Now I have ideas for my porch
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I have also searched!! Thank you so much for this video!!
Thank you for checking out the channel. God bless
I wanted to see the technical side of doing this job as Im starting to do one myself, But after watching the video I thought Oh boy I want to be like the big boy out there "your Dad" he's still on full throttle ! Good job ,good video I got what i wanted. Thanks
😂 Thanks for the comment and checking out the channel, Dad is a hard worker. Take care
Seen all I need looks good Bro you're a good man and a good son to your folks 👍
Thanks so much for the kind words and taking the time to leave a comment. Hope to hear from you on future videos. God Bless
This is exactly what I have been wanting to do to 3/4s of my deck. It would have been nice to have seen this from the start of construction though. I wasn't going to go all of the ways to the rail, but after seeing how you tied in the existing rail, I'll do the same thing. It will be screened in with a layer of wire fencing on the inside. I will be sharing it with the cats, so reinforcing the walls with fencing will keep predators out and cats in.
Exactly! The key to doing this is how you establish contact with the existing structure. all the video with his rock music and a guy operating a cordless song was useless to learning how to do this
Sorry if the video was not helpful. I more set up the camera to share what we were doing more so than a how to video. When I had decided to film we were already in the middle of the project.
Put in new posts all the way to ground support.
The intro music sounds like Cactus. Helpful vid....thanks for sharing!
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I love your videos how u guys make different kind of stuff in houses
Thanks . We are glad that you enjoy the videos!
Enjoy watching your videos
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Damn good job and good looking out for your folks.
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Same as your 3 week ago commenter, Sukagirl, now I know how I am doing mine!
Great work!
Thanks for liking the video! Good luck on your project.
Got a lot of good ideas from this video! Thank you! My big problem is, out here in N.C we have vinyl siding, I have to remove it and put some ledger boards attached to my second floor beam, and I need to waterproof it then attached vinyl siding to the parts left without.... the rest is easier.
It's really easy with vinyl siding. Take it off one row above and below, attach your ledger, put some Z flashing over the ledger on the top edge, run your siding back on, obviously removing the section for the ledger. Run J channel around all 4 sides of the ledger, plus that small undersil with a crimp on the cut edge of the siding that goes up into the bottom edge of the ledger.
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I'm in the process of doing something similar for a Sunroom.
Not sure where your home is located, but I live about 100 miles west of Washington DC and we catch a large snow about every 3-4 years.
With that in mind, I took off the Facia board and sat my porch rafters on top of the house wall frame and joined them to the existing house rafters for extra load carry which caused me. Had to weave in the new roof into the existing roof, but that was no bid deal.
Great to build something with your own hands though, isn't it? Something soothing about.
You gotta have that vertical support there. I realize they’re only installing metal, but the force of gravity must be factored in
That is how we wanted to build theirs but the two different roof pitches/head height didnt allow for us to pitch back in to the wall. Thanks for checking out the channel and leaving a comment. God bless
needed this. thank you.
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Thanks for the video !
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Nice father and son project.
Thanks I feel privileged to spend time working with my Dad
Thank you for showing us the process! 🙏🏼 I want to try redoing our sunroof. Not sure if I could, I don’t have any experience, but I want to try. ❤️
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Great video! Thanks much!
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Very useful vid. Thank you
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Youre right, theres very little on youtube to watch, i was hoping to see this from the beginning. Ill keep looking.
Thanks for the comment and yes I started to film the job when I was a little deep into the process , didn’t realize so many people were looking for the same video we were. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
This is great to see with many excellent build aspects - however the tie-in to the main house being attached to the outer edge of the roof overhang will not meet code in our area. Would make most folks concerned that the roof will not withstand load of heavy snow or basically be strong enough to last without leaks and separation occurring. Just something to consider. Otherwise - appreciate your effort. Your mom is going to love!
My first thought exactly. Installing joist hangers to the facia will not carry the load of that roof.
Thanks for sharing your concerns and checking out the channel we really appreciate it. If it makes you feel better I had the architect of the house check out the video and he said with the climate zone we live in this build should be plenty adequate. I know there are a lot of folks that don’t like how we built it and that’s ok. Thanks for checking out the channel!
Nice job man looks pretty good
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Hope handrail never needs replaced. And attaching structure to facia..... oh my!
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Really helpful bud thanks
No problem. Thanks for checking out the channel and glad the video helped.
The deck really worked
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Love this.
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Very nice!
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It’s awesome I want to do the same thing to my front porch
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Hi, first of all awesome video, can you please demonstrate how you connected the new 6x6 to the old one? You mentioned some sort of pipe??
Thanks for checking out the channel. As for how the post are installed, all we did was mark center of the post and center of where the post set and drilled into the existing post and handrail. We then bored into the new post. We cut 1 inch galvanized pipe at around 1 foot lengths and drove them into the handrail. Once everything was assembled we used 5 inch screws under the handrail and toe nailed into the post to keep them square. Hope this helps.
Glad You & Dad Made this video but I was so into it when y’all were at the point of adding roof, then y’all went off. 😭 I gonna search for finishing. Greatest!!! 😃
Thanks for checking out the video glad you liked it. I agree the video would have probably been better to atleast show is wrapping it up. Im still pretty new in creating content. I appreciate the feedback. Something I want to work on in the future is taking alittle more time in completing the videos even if it takes multiple days of shooting. Thanks again for taking the time to leave me a comment. Take care my friend.
You are Welcome 🙏
You guys were very lucky that 2x6 was behind the gutters. That saved a lot of effort.
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I’ve always wondered about doing a lean-to this way, but notching the existing fascia board and using 36” straps to tie the lean-to rafters to the addict rafters for added strength.
We get next to zero snow in my part of the country as well, so snow load isn’t a thing.
You have addict rafters that sucks must get expensive
Thanks for taking the time to check out the channel and leave a comment. I agree Snow was not a concern of ours and people have gotten so butt hurt about how we built it. Everyone thinks we half assed the job but we built it the way they wanted it on purpose and tried to work with what we had. In a perfect world they said they would have tried to work in a covering during the build. Thanks and take care!
A good video. Looking good!
Ron
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I thought about doing this to my mom's house. The front porch has a nice A roof with the same trusses as the rest of the house. The rear would have to be a lean to. But my biggest concern is attaching those big posts, since her house is at the beach. It would have to be able to withstand typical hurricane winds. I just can't believe my stepfather didn't have them do it when they built the house, so that the poles would have been solid, not pieced together. Another concern is that I doubt I could even come close to matching the galvanized roof metel. But it would really only be noticeable from the air and not from the ground since it is on the second story and the pitch would be pretty flat. I'm still tempted to try it. If it wasn't on the second floor, I would probably have already attempted it. I'm not afraid of the fall from the second story roof. I'm just scared of the sudden stop.
Nice job 👍
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I would be careful using this technique in snow zones. You seem to be adding thebtoof to the eave of the existing roof instead of placing the weight of the new roof onto the stronger exterior wall
Exactly I'm sure they had found companies that would do it but the companies were going to tie into the roof the correct way.. now I'm noticing that he's cut his bird mouth out with about a 10-in flat..😂🤣
I would have opened up boxing and secured my rafters to the house! Or as you said to do. Rafters to facia is a big NO!
Exactly…
He does comment on checking behind the cladding to be certain the structure is tied to structure but definitely something that could be missed by those that don’t know better.
It’s a bit more work but so much better to remove the fascia and soffit to connect at the wall and sister to the rafter tails.
@@johnlee7085 so ur saying to remove the fascia board and put a 2x6 there then install your rafters trying to do the same thing but I wanted to hold up
Great video and looks like great work! Wish you had some footage of installing the handrails 6x6 and “dowels”. About how much do you think the project cost?
Carly Barto the metal was right at 500$ and the wood and hanger material was 1000$
Carly Barto Thanks for checking out the the channel and glad you liked the video.
Looks good but I didn't think you can use the fascia board to support all the load of a new roof like this.
Had some of the same thoughts.
You cant. Completely against code
I believe he said the fascia was 2x6 material.
@@ronh9384 Does not matter, its just nailed into the endgrain of rafter tails. Very weak connection
@@travisedwards9983 ya I believe it would need to be framed and have a ledger could be 2x6 then bolt that with lag bolts.
Love negative comments! Jus keep doing you & be safe! Looks like some good work to me!😅 2x6’s should be gd enuff & post 6x6’s!
Thanks! Will do!
Great video and nice work. Did you add any additional support to the deck so it can handle the added weight?
I doubt it
Not sure if your asking about the roof line at the house or underneath of the deck. The post we extended off of go al the way to the ground and set on individual footings. We did not do anything else where the roof meets the house. Like some people have said and so would I. If heavy snow is a concern of yours this is probably not the route you want to go with attaching to the house
I completely agree no rustic awning to how to build 1 for my cottage
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You are an awesome son!
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. I’m pretty lucky to have some great parents!
Thanks, It will help me get started
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Great work! I'm planning to do something similar, but I'm not sure if the Fascia Will ve strong enough to support rafters. Any ideas how to check if Will suit. Thanks
You can remove the Facia material and extend your roof supports off the existing roof rafters by sistering onto the side of them. That would be the only other thing that i could thing of. Or maybe remove the facia board and put a heavier board on to cap the rafters then joist hang just like we did. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I’m having the same question as far as tying into the sub fascia or removing the sub fascia and sistering to rafters. What connectors would you use if attaching to existing rafters and when trimming out fascia would you just go back with fascia board in between the new rafters on the house? Thank you and good video. Also, I was thinking it wouldn’t be good to just attach new rafters to fascia board because the fascia is only attached with connectors into the end grain of existing house rafters. I’m by no means a carpenter ive just heard it wasn’t structurally sound to do it that way. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
@@tracydaniels2982 Hope you've found a solution. You definitely should avoid hanging them off the fascia. I've seen folks sister to the rafters coming from the home, but honestly, the best way to do it is to have the lean-to rafters sit on top of the top plate of the exterior wall (or if you've got enough space to install a ledger board against that exterior wall). Sucks to have to pull back that far, but it's the right way to do it.
Good video
Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked the video
Nice video! I was wondering how you fastened the new posts on top of the cap rails? Thanks
Thanks for the comment and checking out the channel! I have a video where I discuss in more detail how we attached everything. It you click on channel videos it should be under Deck Q and A. Thanks again!
I do like your video....i think it is a good idea ..’you could enclose the whole place use some insulation, big windows and use metal roofing for a light weight roof...good luck.
I'm a weekend carpenter so not real knowledgeable. What would you suggest for a metal roof? Corrugated or something else?
Careful with the roofing choice. This is considered a flat roof (
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we used corrugated. Thanks for leaving a comment and checking out the channel!
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how did you work out the height of beams for rafters to sit on? great vid with great build. from new zealand
We started with the height of the soffit and determined what amount of pitch we wanted on the roof/ how much headroom we wanted for clearance. The end result was about 1ft of fall for 12 feet. Hope this helps and thanks for commenting and checking out the channel
I don’t usually like intro music, but yours sounds good, peace
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Nice job.......
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How did you determine the angle of the roof Joist that lays against the front runner? Awesome job though 👍🏽
we went for a 1 foot drop pitch for the roof which dictated the angle of the rafters. As for how to find your cut angle you will need to use your speed square or trial and error until you get your first rafter how you want the entire roof and use that first rafter as a template.
When it comes time to replace the handrail....... How would you do that with the 6x6 sitting directly on top of it?
Wish you had started in the beginning from regular deck to the finish product. This is what we need to do. How much did it cost? What is the size
Denise -Don’t trust any comment on costs that aren’t local. Even in post-CV world, material costs are all over the place. I’m replacing a deck cover and have seen material prices go up/down/up 100% in a matter of weeks. It’s now complicated by shipping/fuel prices.
At the time we built it I think we had right at 2000$ in material. Hope this helps. Thanks for leaving a comment and checking out the channel!
what kind of screws did you use on the fascia? did you reinforce it to hold weight or tried to attach the existing rafters?? questions questions..lol
We used long decking screws and yes we tried to position out rafters inline with the roof rafters so when we installed the joist hangers they fastners caught the rafters. We did not reinforce the facia. it was a 2x6. We did what we were comfortable with but you have to make that decision for yourself. We may go back and add a ledger board with gussets back down to brick for added insurance.Hope this helps and thanks for checking out the channel.
How did you attach the beams that hold up the roof to the porch?
This is one of those “my wife will be calling a professional contractor to fix it” projects lol.
There's always one like you, Kyle. A smart-ass.
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Wait , so your joist hangers are just attached to the eaves? Is that structural enough?
I’d be curious on how you figured how high the posts had to be to make the roof line work from the soffit. I’m adding the same idea on a shop to cover my SxS and grill, and don’t know anyone that does this type of work. I want it to be an end of season project for my son and I.
If I recall we ended up doing an 1inch of fall per foot of roof. So we had a 1 foot drop for 12 foot rafters.
I want to see how those 6x6 are secured onto the existing deck as thats my biggest challenge
How did you determine how much clearance from the top of your 2x6 beams and the existing roof so that your metal roof fits under the existing roof?
Yeah, that’s the part I needed to know ? As I have the 2x6 rafter roof with shingles. Want to remove the existing sheeting and add metal roofing, but not enough room to add 2x4 for purlins to fasten the metal plus the added 1” for the ribs on metal roofing ? May have to remove 2x6 rafters and double up on 2x4 rafters to get below roof line.
Ours just so happened to be exactly right, the 2x6 rafter and roof metal fit just under the edge of the shingle. Hope this helps and sorry for the much delayed response. Trying to catch up on a bunch of old comments and keep up with the better in the future. Take care
Great video....What area is this in?...want to do something smilar but I'm not sure how well it would hold up with snow attaching it to the house the way you did
Agreed we live in a in southern Indiana/Northern Kentucky area. There are many winters we get little to no snow. It does happen from time to time however so if its a major concern you may look at others options. Thanks for checking out the channel and taking time to comment!
What about wind?@@homebuilt8694
Attach the rafters to your top plate area or right below. This is how and you also will not have leaks.
What pitch did you use? And how big is the patio. I have a 10x27 I plan on doing the same thing in a few weeks.
The pitch was just over 1 ft of fall in 12 ft. So about an inch of fall per foot.
Shingle rolls will be better in the roof for but first watersheds
Great video. My only concern is if the structure of the roof is safe or up to code. I noticed you attached the rafters to the fascia. Asking because I have been looking for info on this for a long time. I'm a beginner DIYer and would love to figure this out. I live in Florida if that helps
So in the video i talked about this. The gutter board under the trim metal in our case was a 2x6 nailed into the rafters. I also said we may look at adding angled supports off of the brick if we felt that is was needed down the road. Where we live we rarely ever get any snow accumulation. As for everyday use i have no concerns for the roof. Our only concern was if we ever had 6 inch's of snow or better we may need to clear it off or put a torpedo heater out. As for your particular situation your will have to do what you think is best. Hope this helps. Thanks for checking out the video.
Installing the rafters and the post in the fashion that he did is not up to code anywhere that I know of and have worked in many states.
I am not disparaging what he says done. He is a professional, it is he father's house, and there probably won't be an issue until resale at which point, without having pulled a permit, it will become a negotiation point. Still gonna build mine without a permit 😅
My goal for the channel and videos like this one is to help give people ideas for their own projects. People need to do what they think they need to do. I explained to someone else the video is not a step by step or tutorial in anyway. I think you understand that.
What they did even though may work is not proper. You should remove facia and run your rafter onto the attic so they sit ontop of your top plate of the wall.
Literally hung the ceiling joist on the facia board. Don’t walk on that roof!! Even if screwed or nailed into the rafter there is no support at that attachment point.
While everybody else is ragging like on every DIY project, 🙄... I'm here to ask a dumb question. Lol How did you figure out that angle for the template board at the very beginning?
I like the design of it. Is it okay to not use pressure treated boards for the rafters?
We only used untreated on all the inner rafters to cut down on weight and expense. The entire outer band is treated. All the untreated lumber is covered and out of exposure to the elements. No different than the rafters in your attic.
@@homebuilt8694 I'll plan to do the same. Good info. I also liked using the dowel to extend the posts up.
I have been thinking of doing something similar. I like the idea of attaching to the eaves of the house. Can you tell me the height at the eaves and the height at the opposite end of the rafters?
Steve - Notice that he makes subtle but crucially important comment on checking the structure behind the surface to be sure he’s connecting structure to structure. The Fascia is generally not a structural member so not something to connect to. It would be extra work but might be necessary to extend the deck rafters under the eave in order to connect at the wall structure and/or sister to the rafter tails. I just got done doing that on our deck roof.
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Are those 6x6 posts?
I see a lot of people doing same thing. the problem is it does not pass inspection where I live 🥴
I understand, thanks for sharing and checking out the video
how did you attach the posts to the existing posts
nobody wants to give a quote or go to work..shame. you did good here!!
Or there’s so much work they don’t want to mess with this situation.
I agree, I had several comments with people saying we probably had people that would come we just didn’t want to pay them to build it right or however they thought was right but they seriously could not get a call back. Thanks for checking out the video and sharing!
The studs attached to the house trim are attached to the studs that come off the roof of the house or just the trim ??
Attached to the house trusses, thanks for checking out the video
what size beam did you use on that?
Me likey!👍👍👍
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Who doesn’t like working with their dad!
Trusting the fascia alot
What can I say we are trusting people.
Very Nice and well planned out! However, the facia is not a sustainable mounting point! The house is the house, the deck is the deck! Unify them with some connectors and weatherproof them with some flashing!
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Did you add extra support under the deck to support weight?
As of right now we have never added any additional supports and the covering is still working great! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Take care!
you're a good son.
Thanks for the kind words and sorry for the much delayed response😂. Thanks for checking out the channel and taking time to leave a comment! Take care
Did you attach the awning rafters to the house fascia board!?
Yeah but I discuss inspecting it structurally before we did so.
As a former Master Code Official and carpenter, you failed frame inspection, fascia boards are not load baring no matter the size.
Should he have removed the fascia and placed the new rafters on the existing wall and nailed the existing and the new rafters together? Not a carpenter, just a Plumber!
@@michaelsparks8632 I was thinking the same thing. Seems like the best way to do it. Might have to trim down the new rafter a little to get them flush so they go under the angle of the existing roof. Since the angle of both roofs are different...
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I’m kinda stupid, but I’ll ask anyway. How did you attach the 2x6 to the house? Nice video!
The rafters for the deck are attached with 2x6 joist hangers. The 2x6 that was already present under the facia was nailed on to the roof rafters during framing
I guess everyone in the comments gets a bunch of snow every year lol. This would work perfect in tennessee for a DIYer because we rarely get snow
Exactly! I have argued this point for 3 years that this type of build depends on where you live. Just like many aluminum awning kits it depends on the place. Thanks for leaving a comment and good luck
unless I'm mistaken, the beam structure you used - two unconnected beams on both sides of a post - is explicitly forbidden in the code. Now, I'm sure it'll hold on just fine, but it'll fail inspection (just as I did, which is why I know). If a double beam is used, the planks need to be sistered.
Or what am I missing?
He used a technique that’s used on pole barns and decks for the beams. From my understanding, this method is the preferred method now. It does require 4x6 posts at a minimum, he uses a 6x6 post. Another concern I would have however, are the footings?? Can they support the added load?
@@psalm23sheepdog interesting. My inspector - for a deck - said, literally "single anything is not a beam". Assuming non-engineered materials. Only beams he would accept would be double-2x6 and up, and they had to be sistered. Which means they cannot have air between them, as they do here.
@@AlexN2022
Of course the codes vary from state to state, but using your inspectors guidelines for a beam, it’s still my understanding that using carriage bolts as connectors are forbidden now. Instead, even with doubled up planks sistered together, they want the post to be notched to accept the beam to rest on. I recently disassembled my old deck of 30 years. The carriage bolts were highly corroded and only half the thickness of its original diameter. That was the known method of that time.
@@psalm23sheepdog " they want the post to be notched to accept the beam to rest on" - that's my understanding as well.
Sorry for the delayed response, trying to get to older comments. Thank you all for commenting and checking out the channel. We did not have it inspected so if this is a concern of yours you may want to check your building codes. Thanks for the support! No pun intended😂
I would like to do something like that in the back of the house it would be nice i love construction
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Did you have to damage the roof to add the new deck?
No we didnt tear into the roof at all. Just flashed the shingle out onto the roof with trim coil. Thanks for checking out the channel and leaving a comment!
So did what did you guys do with the Eavestroughing? My eaves only drains at one end and i was thinking about doing this
Not sure what you mean exactly. We removed the gutter section, capped the section still on the house. reinstalled and down spouted the new section off the lean to.
@homebuilt8694 that's exactly what I was asking for thanks.
Quick question. I’m building a lean to behind my shed. I’m moving our chicken run and coop back there. My roof is basically 10’x10’. I got 2x4’s for the rafters. Are 2x4’s going to be okay instead of 2x6’s? The actual measurement from the high side to low side is actually less than 10’ and slightly more than 9’. The width will span 10’ though
Not sure exactly, there are several sites online that you can go to and calculate the load. Thats what I did for our roof. Hope this helps!
How did you tie the metal roof to the shingles?
In the video description I have a linked video that shows how finished it
Is this taxed or did you need any permits? I have the same situation and i want to do something very similar but worry the taxes will go up... Thank you, Jake
I don’t believe they ever saw an increase on their taxes. As for permits I am not a fan of having to get permission on your own private property to make things the way you want them to be. There are a lot of other fish to fry and I believe this is a way to further charge people money and nose into their business. It’s hard enough for most families to make ends meet as it is without keeping the dollar in a continuous state of taxation. Thanks for checking out the video and commenting. Hope this answered your question.